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Great Domains Auction Ending Soon

Elliot Silver
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Sedo’s October Great Domains auction is ending very soon, and a large percentage of domain names currently have bids. Out of the 244 auction lots, a total of 126 already have bids, although many have not yet met the reserve price.

The auctions begin closing within the hour (noon Eastern), so if you’re interested in seeing what’s for sale, or if you want to place any bids, you should head over to the auction ASAP.

Listed below are the domain names with the highest current bids:

  • Pathology.com – $25,500 bid ($10,000 – $24,999 reserve)
  • Pug.com – $25,000 bid ($25,000 – $49,999 reserve)
  • PrescriptionSunglasses.com – $1,000 – $4,999 reserve)
  • Possum.com – $14,944 bid ($1,000 – $4,999 reserve)
  • Valuable.com – $12,000 bid ($50,000 – $99,999 reserve)

There seems to be a huge mix of domain names in the auction, including ccTLDs from several countries.

Dave Evanson to Speak at Boston SEO Meetup Tonight

Elliot Silver
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If you’re in the Boston area tonight, you might be interested in attending a SEO Meetup with Sedo’s Dave Evanson as the guest speaker. The event is sponsored by The Cambridge Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group.

Tonight’s event will be held at Microsoft New England, located at 1 Memorial Drive in Cambridge (Kendall Square). The event will be held  in the Adams and Attucks rooms at Microsoft. The event kicks off at 6:30pm and runs until 8:30.

Dave Evanson is a Sedo domain broker, and he recently won a TRAFFIC Award for Domain Broker of the Year. Not only will this event give you the chance to meet Dave, but you’ll also be able to meet web developers and SEO professionals in the area.

Update:  It looks like the event may be full, although it is possible people will be permitted entry if space allows.

Sedo Great Domains Auction Results

Elliot Silver
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Sedo’s  Great Domains September auction closed last week, and I have posted the results blow. The six figure sale of Fahrrad.com was the highest value sale. According to Wikipedia, fahrrad means “bicycle” in German.

In total, the auction did close to a quarter of a million USD. (P) below indicates a website/content was included with the domain name.

September Great Domains auction results:

fahrrad.com (P) 90000 EUR
doctor.co.uk 24999 £
brasile.it 15601 EUR
planten.nl 14000 EUR
township.com 13733 $US
ptz.com 5300 $US
workwear.nl 5099 EUR

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Private Messages: Sedo vs. Afternic

Elliot Silver
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When completing a transaction at Sedo and Afternic, all parties communicate via the private message systems found on each platform. The domain broker and/or escrow agent act as an intermediary between both parties, giving instructions and answering questions, while keeping the buyer and seller at arm’s length.

With Sedo’s private messages, the recipient is informed that there is a new message in the transfer center, and in order to see the message, the recipient must log in to his or her account at Sedo. This can be annoying, especially when the update is minor or when away from the computer. You don’t really know the content of a private message until you log in to read it, and you obviously can’t reply directly in the email.

When Afternic representatives send private messages, the full message appears in the email content the recipient receives. The recipient can see what’s happening with a transaction rather than having to log in to an account to read the message. In addition, recipient can reply to the sender directly from the email.

With most domain forums like DN Forum and Domain Boardroom, private message emails include the message in them. I don’t believe the recipient can reply directly via email, but it’s good to know whether the message is urgent or can wait until later.

It would be great if Sedo could include the private message in the email content.

Why You Might Want to Make Your Sedo Listings Buy It Now

Elliot Silver
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I don’t love having buy it now prices on my domain names, but I want to share a reason why you might consider changing your current listings to buy it now. Keep in mind this applies to domain names that have received offers via Sedo  in the past.

Back in 2010, I bid on a domain name that was listed on Sedo. I didn’t even receive a reply from the owner with a counter offer. The bid thread expired without any further dealings.

Yesterday evening out of the blue, I received the following email from Sedo:

Thank you for your interest in the domain name [redacted].

We would like to inform you of some great news. The owner of the name you are interested in has set a Buy Now price for the name. That means that you have the ability to purchase this domain with no negotiation necessary!

This is the opportunity that you may have been looking for; no pressure, no haggling, and no wondering if your offer will be accepted. Simply agree to the price and the domain is yours.

The domain name was listed for sale at a reasonable price, and I bought it. Had I not received the email, I likely wouldn’t have known about the price change, and I probably would have been surprised if it had sold for that price and was reported on DN Journal.

If you have domain names that received offers on Sedo in the past, it might be a good idea to make them “Buy It Now” listings – even if it’s only for a short period of time. Sedo will automatically ping the companies and people who made offers on the name in the past, and perhaps you’ll close a deal.

Sedo: “At No Point Was Malware Distributed via Sedo”

Elliot Silver
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On Friday, some Sedo users received a malware warning on their browsers when they tried to access Sedo’s website. In addition, Google added a warning on search results pages. I wrote an article urging users to be cautious when using Sedo.

After internal technicians examined the website, Sedo issued a statement later on in the afternoon to tell people that there were no malware threats, and this afternoon, the company made a more comprehensive  announcement, giving the “all clear” to customers:

“Sedo would like to follow up on security concerns raised this past Friday by visitors attempting to access the Sedo.com and Sedo.co.uk websites using either the Firefox or Chrome web browsers. Despite the warnings displayed by Google and their browser partners, a thorough review and investigation of the Sedo marketplace, domain parking, and website generally showed no signs of a security breach or any violation of the integrity of the Sedo services or user privacy. Let us be clear: at no point was malware distributed via Sedo.

What we did discover is that  Google’s security warning Friday was likely triggered by code initiated by our website banner rotation system (a third party software). Although this software code did not create a security risk, Google misinterpreted the situation and wrongly issued the security warning. All warnings have now been removed, and the situation is completely resolved.  Sedo’s technical teams are working with our banner partners to avoid future false alarms, and  therefore our website ad server system—including the news section on the MySedo login page—is still down for maintenance. We appreciate your patience. “

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